Weather vocabulary

Weather vocabulary examples

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• drought

  noun

  A period of unusually low rainfall, longer and more severe than a dry spell.

• flood

  noun

  An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.

• sunrise

  noun

  The change in color of the sky at dawn.

• weather

  noun

  The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.